Shovel Knight: Showdown — Fight Knight
Shovel Knight: Showdown is a fighting game featuring over sixteen characters from the series in an all-out brawl.
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Narcos: Rise of the Cartels — Netflix tie-in has good ideas but struggles for depth
Narcos: Rise of the Cartels comes at the turn-based tactical squad shooter genre with a few interesting ideas and a disappointing lack of depth and polish.
Close to the Sun is an electrifying journey into the mind of Nikola Tesla!
From a literal walk in the park to delivering some of the most frightening experiences in video games, the humble walking simulator has demonstrated its longevity to become much more than a niche genre. Close to the Sun, from Italian…
Ghost Parade — More Tricks than Treats
Quoth the video game critic: Nevermore. Ghost Parade is an undoubtedly beautiful game with compelling characters, story, and setting. Unfortunately, this game about spirits is haunted by some pretty underwhelming controls. Something is…
Jackbox Party Pack 5 packs a party in a (Jack)box
If you know You Don’t Know Jack then this is more You Don’t Know Jack, you know? If you don’t know You Don’t Know Jack then I’ll help you know You Don’t Know Jack.
Yaga — Take on an adventure
With an interesting story, great narrative & quest dynamics, and hearty combat, there’s a lot to like about Yaga and plenty to have you return for at least a second helping
Tips and Tricks for Two Point Hospital
Running a hospital in Two Point Hospital's infamous Two Point County is no small feat. Once you have made your way through the ominously easy-going stages, you will start to reach more challenging hospitals in need of your help. If you’re…
Valfaris — Ready to Rock!
As a game, Valfaris wears its inspiration clearly front and centre from the get go: The heavy metal soundtrack, rich in electric guitar riffs, the names of the weapons of destruction you wield to exact your revenge and a protagonist who…
Megaquarium — Making money hand over fish
How hard can it be to put a few goldfish in a bowl and charge people to look at it?
Citadel: Forged With Fire — hot under the collar
Touted as the next massive, open world, online role playing game, Citadel: Forged with Fire is a particularly exciting prospect for me. In particular because it comes from Blue Isle Studios — a crew that has both Valley and Slender to their…
El Hijo — “Extremely Dangerous Carries a Slingshot!”
The stealth-puzzler revolves around a 6-year old boy on a quest to escape from a monastery and make his way through the desert to reunite with his mother. Mixing stealth traversal with environmental puzzles and a fixed isometric view, El…
Dusk Diver — Anime RPG Action
When Leo, the local guardian god saves Yumo after a Chaos Beast attack in the middle of town, he accidentally transfers his fighting ability as well as his powers to transition between the realms to her
Beamdog’s Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 and Icewind Dale & Planescape Torment Bundles —…
When I first booted up Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition on my Xbox One X, I’m not sure what I was expecting. Maybe, I don’t know, something more than I got when I first booted up Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition on my Google tablet back in…
The Long Dark — Hope Kindles in Episode Three
Set in the wilderness of the fictional Great Bear Island north of mainland Canada, the first two episodes of The Long Dark set the story of how a strange geomagnetic storm hit and plunged the world into darkness. After much anticipation,…
Spending an Hour Too Close to the Sun
Are these real people? Ghosts?! Surely such nonsense is impossible, but I saw what I saw dammit! Am I going insane? Is this ship a purgatory of some sort?
The Outer Worlds — 10 things to know before you start.
The Outer Worlds is big & scary, its complex, there are mechanics plenty and many players could invest a lot of time wondering the planets on offer whilst missing some of the most excellent things on offer.
Cat Quest II — Purrfectly Charming
Great for players of all ages and a welcome change from over complicated, ultra difficult, gore soaked realism, instead offering a charming, well illustrated and relaxing jaunt through a story laced with canine and feline based puns and…
Lonely Mountains: Downhill — Poetry in motion
In a very similar way to Celeste, Lonely Mountains: Downhill tells a story about persevering, only this time the way is down a mountain.
Lornsword Winter Chronicle — Cold Comfort
Somewhere between MOBA, Real Time Strategy, Tower Defense and action RPG lives a game called Lornsword Winter Chronicle. It’s a strange game that tries to answer the age old question of how to make a compelling strategy game specifically…
Ash of Gods: Redemption — New Story, Old Turns
Like most people, I’m a fan of a good yarn. Stories are important, but can they truly carry a video game? After a playthrough of Ash of Gods: Redemption, I’ve decided the answer is, in this instance, no. This turn-based, story strategy game…